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The centre left has joined the populist right in despairing of good government

Andrew Van Sickle: The developed world has a growth and productivity crisis. Taxes are high, there is growing concern over income and wealth inequality, and the statist populist right and populist lef

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), puts it simply, says The Telegraph. “The UK cannot afford the array of promises that it has made to the public.” The OBR’s “dismal”

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

What’s in the bill? The “One Big Beautiful Bill” – narrowly passed by both houses of Congress – is an “omnibus” bill incorporating a vast array of tax and spending plans, some of which will require fu

Washington DC Trump win: In a significant ...